Granted it isn't that high,however a storm hitting London like that also isn't very common,a 1 in 250 year event.
Who would have ever thought we would see two VERY powerful category-4 hurricanes,borderline 5's by Mid-July?????
We are in serious trouble if these reports pan out by the
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I noticed that insurer's list is printed in 2002. It is using data from years earlier than that.
As fast as populations have been growing in some areas, I think those numbers may not be accurate anymore. -just a hunch
The thing that also focuses on is $$$. -not lives. We can all see that other areas could be hit by a big one and be much more devastating on the population as far as storm surge flooding; the disruption of lives because of having to relocate, homes permanently destroyed, jobs lost forever... those things aren't included in their "list". New York could quickly recover from a large storm... business would resume. Can that be said for other areas if they were hit hard? -remember Andrew caused more than half of local businesses to permanently close their doors. -they couldn't recover from their losses of their physical office being destroyed, employees unable to work, people unable to buy services for a long time, etc.
Things in NY are much more expensive than other areas, so the numbers may also seem scewed. 1/2 the damage received in NY could be dollarwise more than twice the damage down south.
JMHO
As fast as populations have been growing in some areas, I think those numbers may not be accurate anymore. -just a hunch
The thing that also focuses on is $$$. -not lives. We can all see that other areas could be hit by a big one and be much more devastating on the population as far as storm surge flooding; the disruption of lives because of having to relocate, homes permanently destroyed, jobs lost forever... those things aren't included in their "list". New York could quickly recover from a large storm... business would resume. Can that be said for other areas if they were hit hard? -remember Andrew caused more than half of local businesses to permanently close their doors. -they couldn't recover from their losses of their physical office being destroyed, employees unable to work, people unable to buy services for a long time, etc.
Things in NY are much more expensive than other areas, so the numbers may also seem scewed. 1/2 the damage received in NY could be dollarwise more than twice the damage down south.
JMHO
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